In a wild experiment, it turns out a few human neurons linked up to some custom silicon can actually play Doom.

Researchers at Australian start-up Cortical Labs have taught human neurons grown on a chip to play the classic Doom game. In 2021, they had already used 800,000 neurons to play Pong. Now, with four ...

Researchers at a Melbourne start-up have taught their “biological computer” made from living human brain cells to play Doom.

It’s a regrettable reality that there is never enough time to cover all the interesting scientific stories we come across ...

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web. Google had a brief serving outage with Google Search ...

Graphics in games don’t improve in a steady, gentle slope. They jump. Someone ships a look that feels like it arrived from five years ahead, and then everyone else has to scramble to match it, ...

The CBS Sports 2026 NCAA Men's and Women's Games have returned for March Madness 2026 office pools.

Wednesday is a big day for education in Texas. Parents can start applying for a Texas Education Freedom Account to be used during the 2026-27 school year. Applications open for families to begin ...

Neuralink trained a monkey to play Pong using only a brain implant — no controller, no movement, just neural signals. In this ...

All of the men nominated for best actor at the Academy Awards this year know how to command a scene. But let’s be honest: How many of them can both act and play table tennis? It’s just one, baby. And ...

“USA250: The Story of the World’s Greatest Economy” is a yearlong WSJ series examining America’s first 250 years. Read more about it from Editor in Chief Emma Tucker. To many people, videogames are a ...

Recently, I used Costco's Auto Program to save thousands of dollars when buying a car. It was easy to use, and I liked that I didn't have to negotiate or haggle with a dealership. More Costco members ...